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    Krishna and Balarama personally deliver heavy loads of fruits and vegetables to the home of Yamunacharya while he is bathing. When Yamunacharya's wife answers the door, the boys say Yamunacharya sent them. She is surprised by their strength in carrying the loads. Later, when Yamunacharya returns, his wife tells him about the boys. He realizes they were Krishna and Balarama in disguise come to prove to him that Krishna personally provides for His devotees, not just through agents, as Yamunacharya had written. Yamunacharya feels blessed to have received Krishna's personal visit.

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    Krishna and Balarama personally deliver heavy loads of fruits and vegetables to the home of Yamunacharya while he is bathing. When Yamunacharya's wife answers the door, the boys say Yamunacharya sent them. She is surprised by their strength in carrying the loads. Later, when Yamunacharya returns, his wife tells him about the boys. He realizes they were Krishna and Balarama in disguise come to prove to him that Krishna personally provides for His devotees, not just through agents, as Yamunacharya had written. Yamunacharya feels blessed to have received Krishna's personal visit.

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    Krishna and Balarama personally deliver heavy loads of fruits and vegetables to the home of Yamunacharya while he is bathing. When Yamunacharya's wife answers the door, the boys say Yamunacharya sent them. She is surprised by their strength in carrying the loads. Later, when Yamunacharya returns, his wife tells him about the boys. He realizes they were Krishna and Balarama in disguise come to prove to him that Krishna personally provides for His devotees, not just through agents, as Yamunacharya had written. Yamunacharya feels blessed to have received Krishna's personal visit.

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    PLAY : Krishna The Supreme Protector

    Cast

    Yamunacharya
    Wife of Yamunacharya
    Krishna
    Balarama

    Scene I

    The house of Yamunacharya. He is seated centre stage, at his desk, working on his
    manuscript. He is seen writing, and looking up on and off.

    Yamunacharya: Keeping his quill down, chants the verse from Bhagavad Gita very
    slowly

    anan yas cintayanto mam


    ye janah paryupasate
    tesam nit yabhi yuktanam
    yoga-ksemam vahamy aham

    thinks for a moment and writes as he dictates to himself, “But those who always worship
    Me (looks at the Bhagavad Gita, pauses and continues) with exclusive devotion
    (pauses, looks at Bhagavad Gita) meditating on My transcendental form (again looks at
    Bhagavad Gita, frowns in thoughtful manner) – to them I carry what they lack – (again
    frowns and talks to himself, looking up) How could the Lord mean that He carries what
    the devotees lack, personally to them? He must mean that through His energies and
    agents, He supplies what His devotees lack. (bends down, picks up quill and writes) –
    “through My agents and energies I supply My devotees with what they lack (looks at
    Bhagavad Gita again and writes) “and preserve what they have.” (Looks up then again
    at his translation, and reads is over again) – “But those who always worship Me with
    exclusive devotion, meditating on My transcendental form, through My agents and
    energies, I supply what they lack and preserve what they have.” (Enter wife, puts quill
    down and looks up)

    Wife: It is quite late in the after noon and you have not yet had lunch.

    Yamunacharya: Yes, I will go now to the river for a bath. You could get everything ready
    for my lunch while I am gone. (gets up and leaves) (Exit wife)

    Scene 2

    The entrance to Yamunacharya’s house. Krishna and Balarama come staggering under
    heavy loads and knock on the door. Wife opens and expresses surprise.

    Wife: What is it you want, young boys?

    Balarama: Your learned husband has asked us to deliver these fruits and vegetables to
    you, while he takes a bath.
    Wife: But you are both too small to carry such heavy loads. How did you do it?
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    Krishna: We have been staggering all the way to life these on our backs since we could
    not disobey his orders.

    Wife: You could have certainly asked him to allow you to carry half the load and made
    two trips to bring it here – or maybe you could have suggested he sends it with someone
    older and stronger.

    Krishna: Oh, we tried to explain to him, mother, but all he gave us in reply was this
    (turns around and shows His back with whip marks. Balarama also nods and shows her
    His back)

    Wife: What? He beat you both and hurt you? Oh! Poor young boys! Please come in
    and let me soothe your wounds! Do come in! How could he even think of hurting such
    lovely young lads?

    Balarama: (Looking at Krishna mischieveously, They exchange glances) No, mother,


    we have to be off. We left our cows unprotected and they may have strayed into the rice
    fields. (They both run off, leaving her looking after Them. She exits dragging the loads
    by herself into the house)

    Scene 3

    (Wife has just set everything ready for Yamunacharya’s prasadam lunch. He enters from
    the opposite side, and hands her the gamcha. He glances at the baskets/sacks)

    Yamunacharya: Where have these fruits and vegetables come from? Who brought
    them while I was away?

    Wife: You sent them here, my dear husband, didn’t you?

    Yamunacharya: I?

    Wife: How could you so easily forget?

    Yamunacharya: Forget? But I just went and took a bath and returned straight here. I
    didn’t stop to do anything else!

    Wife: Then who sent those boys here with these heavy loads?

    Yamunacharya: Young boys? Look - I know nothing of it? Who were those boys?
    What did they look like? Tell me everything.

    Wife: When you were away, two beautiful young boys came gasping under these heavy
    loads, and told me that you had sent Them with these. One of Them was very fair, of
    whitish complexion; the younger boy was dark. (she recollects dreamily). They were
    both dressed in silken clothes and wore ornaments. Oh, they were such beautiful boys –
    the most beautiful children I have ever seen. (shaking herself from her reverie, she
    looks at her husband crossly) And they told me you forced Them to carry this burden
    and beat Them when They suggested you send it with someone stronger.

    Yamunacharya: What? Me, send Them? Beat Them? Wait – you said They were
    bejewelled and of whitish and blackish hues?

    Wife: (angrily) Yes – and they showed me the marks on Their backs, where you had
    cruelly beaten Them!

    Yamunacharya: (Holding his head in his hands) Oh! No! Now I understand! (turning
    to her with disappointment and alarm) My dear wife, the blackish boy was none other
    than our most worshippable Lord, Krishna – and the whitish boy, none other than –

    Wife: Balarama? But –

    Yamunacharya: (musingly) The Lord visited my house, but why? (thinks for a moment)
    Yes! That’s it! I had written in my translation of the Bhagavad Gita sloka, that He
    supplies His devotees with what they lack, through His energies and agents – but He
    had come here Himself, with all these things for me. How unworthy am I, and how
    merciful He is! He came here just to prove that He personally supplies His devotees –
    not through His agents – (rushes to the desk and, taking the quill, strikes out what he
    had written and reads) “But for those who always worship Me with exclusive devotion
    meditating on My transcendental form – (writes and dictates) – to them I (stresses on
    the word) carry what they lack, and I (stresses again) preserve what they have.”
    Krishna does this personally, not through His agents – Do you understand? He came
    personally to my hymble dwelling to prove to me that He supplies His devotees with
    what they lack. And to teach me that, He came here to demonstrate, for me to
    understand, because His devotees are very dear to Him. He does not allow a of doubt
    to remain in their hearts – He cares so much, that He comes to prove it personally. I am
    truly blessed today, and you are more blessed than me, since you actually purified your
    vision with the vision of His transcendenal form.

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